The Cougars are now 2 and 2. At this morning’s game I was sitting next to one very funny father.
“Look at that big goalie! We should check his ID. Is he under 11? He looks like a 9th grader to me!”
“Whoa! Watch number 2 go! We should check his [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Life on Saturday
Posted in soccer on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Race
Posted in Family, life on March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Race has certainly been in the news of late with the furor over the vitriolic remarks made by Barak Obama’s pastor and mentor. I always worry about people who make preposterous remarks. The Rev. Wright said the US government gave the black community AIDS? What about all the white people who have [...]
The Cougars
Posted in soccer on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today Bruce’s soccer team eight, nine and ten year olds from Fort Gordon played their first game, a double header. They lost the first and won the second one. Quite respectable for their first real play day. There isn’t another team at the post they can scrimmage. As Bruce said, this was the first time [...]
A Windy Day
Posted in home on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I missed all the excitement at our house yesterday!
As soon as I left for the nail salon yesterday, a very tall pine tree in our next door neighbor’s yard blew over and fell across our property line onto our lower yard taking down our mutual power lines, and our Comcast and AT&T lines. The [...]
Pictures and Names
Posted in life on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now that I read the newspaper more slowly, I sometimes glance at the obituaries. Here are the unusual aspects I’ve noticed. The first is the euphemisms regarding death. “She entered eternal rest. . . .” “He went home to be with his Lord . . . .” Yesterday there were [...]
Coughs and Books
Posted in books, life, pets on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day four of the cold. Here’s the report. Fever is lower, cough is not as painful. I’m sleeping okay. Taking my Tylenol and only a minimum of cough syrup, resting and drinking lots of juice and fluids — all the things you’re supposed to do. When I was still working [...]
Cough
Posted in life on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We went to the movies last night. During the middle of the film, I felt my chest start to tighten. You know –that constriction that means a cold is coming on? As soon as we got home, I started the Zicam and the Tylenol. Bruce had a cold last month and [...]
The World of DVDs and Books
Posted in books, life, poetry on March 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m a movie buff. I’ve loved them since I was a kid. It was such a treat to go spend an afternoon or evening in a darkened theatre with the imagination fueled by giant images and the tummy fueled by popcorn and soda pop. It was a delight then and it still is.
Since [...]
Barn Kids
Posted in Family, poetry on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The barn was their holy castle.
Like serfs cooling in the summer moat
the cousins dove into the fresh hay.
From below they gazed up
where strung from one side of the loft to the other
a heavy rope.
The pages learned first to dangle with a dead grip on the rope
dropping down into the mounds of hay.
With years and growth [...]
A Whole Lot of Honda
Posted in Family on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last year at Thanksgiving time we walked out to the cars as our children and their families were leaving. Someone said. “Look. We’re all driving Hondas.” Sure enough — except for Bruce’s GMC truck, we all had Hondas. They’re well made, dependable, and keep their value. Daughter-in-law Marilyn said she plans [...]
